Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! The much anticipated heat wave is here! In today's blog we discuss hot temperatures and small chances for showers and thunderstorms this week.

Let's start with the heat and humidity. Dew points are expected to jump into the 60s to near 70 in Milwaukee from Sunday into Monday. High temperatures will hover around 90 from Sunday through Tuesday in southeastern Wisconsin. The combination of heat and humidity will lead to feels like temperatures of 95 to near 100 at times. Fans and air conditioners will be working overtime this week.

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The core of the heat should stay just a hair to the west of the viewing area. The NAM forecast temperature map below is valid Monday at 4pm. Notice a large area of 100 degree heat over the upper Midwest including Des Moines and Omaha!

With Wisconsin on the eastern edge of the heat dome, showers and thunderstorms will be possible each of the next several days. Any storms that form will have the potential to be strong to severe. The focus for severe weather on Monday looks to stay in central and northern Wisconsin. Below is the Storm Prediction Center's convective outlook for Monday. The primary threat from any severe storms would be damaging winds and hail.

The best opportunity to see an isolated shower or thunderstorm drift into southern Wisconsin will be early Monday or later in the afternoon. Futurecast below is valid at 3pm Monday. A few spotty thunderstorms are possible, but please remember most of the rain over the next several days in our part of the state looks to be isolated.

A slight break from the heat should arrive by Thursday. Any cooldown looks to be brief as hot and humid weather looks to return for Labor Day weekend. Highs again over the holiday may reach the 90s!

For the latest on the heat and humidity watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather